Siddesh Lad

Siddesh Lad starred in Mumbai's 41-run win over Gujarat yesterday while defending champs Tamil Nadu crashed to a six-wicket defeat to Goa in the Vijay Hazare Trophy Group 'C' League here. Lad hit 11 fours and four sixers in his 125-ball 129 to power Mumbai to 317 for 8 in 50 overs. Gujarat didn't seem in the hunt despite captain Priyank Panchal's 89 and was bowled out for 276 in 47.4 overs to hand Mumbai a second straight win. Lad was involved in two big partnerships, one with opener Akhil Herwadkar (37) for 88 runs and then with captain Aditya Tare (51) which yielded 127 runs.